So MOTL (magictraders.com) finally bit the dust, and the site is no more, though most people would argue it's death was assured when the owner quit updating it.

I loved MOTL, and made many trades on there ranging from $5-$500, only getting ripped once (which I could have prevented).

I only stop by my local gamestore once a week (briefly) in part because my friends aren't there much, but mostly because I'm busy. Man do I miss those college days.

Puca Trade rubs me the wrong way, and I'm unconvinced the service it provides really warrants forking out a monthly fee for a membership.

So no MOTL, no store, no Puca Trade. What options are there? Have people found any success with MTG Salvation's trade forum? Has anyone had success trading via YouTube? Is there another trading platform I haven't heard of?

I cannot for the life of me get Puca Trade to work. Being in New Zealand certainly doesn't help I have issues with the interface (or did, when I last logged on) - I wanted to update my fairly meager trades list, but couldn't do something as simple as "list my White cards" (again)

Puca Trade rubs me the wrong way, and I'm unconvinced the service it provides really warrants forking out a monthly fee for a membership.

Last I checked, there is no monthly fee to use Puca Trade. (There may be some "premium" version, but baseline is free.) The only real "cost" associated with Puca Trade is postage. I know several people who love it, although I haven't used it much myself.

Tappedout.Net, whilst not a trading website, has successful trading constantly happening there. I have well over 60 trades on there over the past 3-4 years, probably $3000 worth of trades so far. You have to have a profile for a few months before you are allowed to trade, and if you are a noob you send first. But if you trade with the well known members with lots of trade vouches you can't go wrong. Good community there too

Puca Trade has its ups and downs. A lot of it depends on your collection. If you're looking to unload Standard goodies and eternal staples you can easily accrue points, and if you're looking for the same then you can usually find trades. The real selling point is that you don't have to find a traditional trading partner, which is a frustration of IRL trading.

Our Trading forum on MTGS is still very active. I've never used it, but I hear good things from it and the mods there take it very seriously.